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virginia has a lot of military jobs. how did romney use that to appeal to old dominion voters today? >> very deliberate, as a matter of fact. he was down in virginia beach, an area where there is lots of military families, active and retired. a big, big part of the economy. also a big part of the economy in northern virginia. around washington, d.c what he was doing was two pronged approach. trying to appeal to pocketbook issues for people who do depend on those types of military-relatessed jobs, but also to american heart strings and make the argument that the american military deserves better support. and what mr. romney did was essentially take the president to task for the idea of so-called sequestration which refers to the fiscal cliff the government would face in january if no strong steps were taken to cut spending, automatic spending cuts kick in. >> the estimates of the kind of numbers of jobs lost in virginia from these cuts is between 100 and 200,000. it's unthinkable. it's unthinkable to virginia, our employm
virginia has a lot of military jobs. how did romney use that to appeal to old dominion voters today? >> very deliberate, as a matter of fact. he was down in virginia beach, an area where there is lots of military families, active and retired. a big, big part of the economy. also a big part of the economy in northern virginia. around washington, d.c what he was doing was two pronged approach. trying to appeal to pocketbook issues for people who do depend on those types of...
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. >> we got to win in virginia. >> we will win ohio. >> hours away for that crucial first debate, candidates gain expectations. >> romney is a very good debater. he's practiced and practiced and practiced and practiced. >> the moderator and obama are going to come after him. >> the big questions, can romney reset his campaign with a strong debate? or was early voting under way -- >> president obama. >> is it too late for a turnaround? >> four years from his last debate. >> you're wrong. >> will be president obama be rusty? we'll ask our headliners. new jersey governor chris christie and the president's senior adviser david plouffe. and our powerhouse roundtable. squaring off, haley barbour and howard dean. plus, matthew dowd, donna brazile and maggie haberman of politico. >>> hello again. we're heading into the home stretch of this campaign. just 37 days before the final votes. with all eyes on this week's first debate. the candidacy are hunkering down in debate camp. where the race stands. what to expect wednesday? white house adviser david plouffe standing by for the president. but let's b
. >> we got to win in virginia. >> we will win ohio. >> hours away for that crucial first debate, candidates gain expectations. >> romney is a very good debater. he's practiced and practiced and practiced and practiced. >> the moderator and obama are going to come after him. >> the big questions, can romney reset his campaign with a strong debate? or was early voting under way -- >> president obama. >> is it too late for a turnaround? >>...
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i'm not cutting jobs from virginia but adding jobs to virginia. so we're going to -- >> both the president and mitt romney courting voters in virginia today. thout virginia it will be stosene t win in november. in 2008 obama took it down with 53% of the vote with results that very nearly matched the national tally. the real clear politics average has him leading by 4.5 points. atitne holding a slight lea as recently as two weeks ago. let's bring in brian moran to see if he gives us a preview of december. thks for joining us. >> happy to be with you. we do enjoy ad,f i might continue the football analogies, we need to play the entire 60 minutes. we cannot let up until the clock runs out 7:00 p.m. on november 6th. we're working very hard to make sure we deliver -- deliver o 13ct vhe next president of the united states, barack obama, and the united states senate seat tim kaine. >> i love that you're continuing our football analogy for us there. in virginia, obviously, i'm a native virginian in the northern virginia are a biltalifntn the st of the sta
i'm not cutting jobs from virginia but adding jobs to virginia. so we're going to -- >> both the president and mitt romney courting voters in virginia today. thout virginia it will be stosene t win in november. in 2008 obama took it down with 53% of the vote with results that very nearly matched the national tally. the real clear politics average has him leading by 4.5 points. atitne holding a slight lea as recently as two weeks ago. let's bring in brian moran to see if he gives us a...
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we've seen battle ground polls sthoge the president ahead five points ahead in ohio, florida, and virginia. they kind of need that. what's going on? >> the country feels better with it -- about itself according to the right track-wrong track numbers, since the end of both conventions. the second convention was the democratic convention. the bounce seems to be -- gwen: we should point out none of this is in the wake of the foreign policy -- >> no. and on the economic issues the president is closing the gap and on the foreign policy issues he's widening it. among key demographic groups, those who earn for -- more than $ 0,000s he's competitive with romney. and among those who are single, minorities, he is expanding his lead. where romney needs to gain he is either losing or just keeping steady. >> why are those thingng happening? i think the reason is because governor romney has made a compefrling case that the economy didn't -- srnt good enough but he has to take it further and say why shoe hire him him -- him instead and he hasn't been able to, at least not with enough voters. as time goes
we've seen battle ground polls sthoge the president ahead five points ahead in ohio, florida, and virginia. they kind of need that. what's going on? >> the country feels better with it -- about itself according to the right track-wrong track numbers, since the end of both conventions. the second convention was the democratic convention. the bounce seems to be -- gwen: we should point out none of this is in the wake of the foreign policy -- >> no. and on the economic issues the...
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virginia is very, very important. mr. romney spent the night in boston belmont, massachusetts where he has a home . last night in new hampshire for a big rally. several thousand people and come back team and turn around team . believe in america banners and slogans here in full force and a feisty crowd. and today he will go down to virginia beach and he will take in a nascar race in richmond. it is not the president's proposal for a choice of candidates. he argued that any time a incumbent is up for reelection it is a record of that. >> and we'll hear for the remainder of the week all going after the obama record and the president's inability to turn the economy around. when it comes to who has the best ideas. mitt romney has the edge. but likeability the president has the edge. mr. romney will pick apart those issues. he will be concentrating his campaign efforts. and upon romney isolated eight spectacular states. virginia is key and new hampshire is key and later today, tomorrow and he will go to nevada and on for a big
virginia is very, very important. mr. romney spent the night in boston belmont, massachusetts where he has a home . last night in new hampshire for a big rally. several thousand people and come back team and turn around team . believe in america banners and slogans here in full force and a feisty crowd. and today he will go down to virginia beach and he will take in a nascar race in richmond. it is not the president's proposal for a choice of candidates. he argued that any time a incumbent is...
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is not just florida, it is in seven different swing states colorado, florida, nevada north carolina, virginia. they are doing it in all of these states and the republican national committee paid this company $3.1 million to do this. boy, i wonder if they knew what was happening. and then there is video from colorado springs a woman caught outside of a grocery store watch the video. >> who are you registering all voters? >> i'm trying to register people for a particular party. >> uh-huh. >> because we're out here in support of romney actually. >> you are working for the county clerk's office? >> i believe so. >> and you are only registering republicans. >> nope. >> you said we're only registering romney people. >> we're trying to do. >> cenk: she has been working for the guy that has been running all of these companies. but that's not the only time he has done it. he did it in the past. he did it in 2004 to the tune of $7.4 million. that's the bush/cheney team paid this guy in '04. the changed his name to lincoln strategies. they got caught, so he changed the name again. let me show you the br
is not just florida, it is in seven different swing states colorado, florida, nevada north carolina, virginia. they are doing it in all of these states and the republican national committee paid this company $3.1 million to do this. boy, i wonder if they knew what was happening. and then there is video from colorado springs a woman caught outside of a grocery store watch the video. >> who are you registering all voters? >> i'm trying to register people for a particular party....
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virginia and nevada and colorado and wisconsin and michigan. and so north carolina, the one swing state where romney has a slight lead and not beyond the rgin of error. it is competitive. what you come back to money. where is the advantage for the republicans? the advantage is in terms of not only romney and the republican national committee fund raising karl rove and cross roads. they have a substantial advantage and there will be a dilulingg of advertising from the republicans and i don't think that the president will match. ralm emanuel resigned so he could help bill burton to raise money to match it. what will be the impact of all . advertising, can it change the favorability numbers that bounced up for the president. >> chris: i want to go back to the question of the economy. it is lowsy for a long time and romney made the case that the president hasn't fixed the economy. is that enough? it doesn't seem to be enough to get him over the top against obama. is that enough or does he have to do something else. >> chris: he lead oz the economy
virginia and nevada and colorado and wisconsin and michigan. and so north carolina, the one swing state where romney has a slight lead and not beyond the rgin of error. it is competitive. what you come back to money. where is the advantage for the republicans? the advantage is in terms of not only romney and the republican national committee fund raising karl rove and cross roads. they have a substantial advantage and there will be a dilulingg of advertising from the republicans and i don't...
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in virginia, he's up 5 point. this is real, real, real bad news for mr. romney. >> it is bad news for mitt romney. you know, i do think that we'll continue to see those numbers close as we get closer and closer to november. if obama can take florida, this is game over. you see them doubling down with advertisements in the miami media market. he's maintaining a really healthy lead in that region. you see, conversely, romney obtaining a healthy lead. there's a lot of work that both campaigns will do there. there's a lot of time between now and election day and it comes down to who has the best game on the ground. people are going to spend millions in advertising. that's beginning right now. >> bob, the fact that you're seeing this shift in these poll numbers that just came out tonight, ohio, florida, virginia, let's listen to bill cloe clinton who spoke at the dnc. i want to show you highlights. >> i love watching this. >> we're all in this together is a far better philosophy than you're on your own. >> i actually never learned to hate them the way the far
in virginia, he's up 5 point. this is real, real, real bad news for mr. romney. >> it is bad news for mitt romney. you know, i do think that we'll continue to see those numbers close as we get closer and closer to november. if obama can take florida, this is game over. you see them doubling down with advertisements in the miami media market. he's maintaining a really healthy lead in that region. you see, conversely, romney obtaining a healthy lead. there's a lot of work that both...
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the president was blunt today at a campaign in virginia. he is keeping americans safe at home and abroad. >> we have to make sure that not only our military, but also our diplomats overseas are protected. >> pedagogue officials claimed u.s. marines were in another part of lidia. then admitted that was not true. state department officials said there were no libyan guards inside the perimeter of the u.s. consulate and had to walk that back. >> you hate to think the president would purposely mislead the american people, but it sure likes it -- it sure looks like it to me. >> any notion that they have misled the american people -- they maintained the only reason it has changed is because new facts have emerged because this is an ongoing investigation. nonetheless, it is clear republicans are using this change an account to continue to challenge the president's credibility. lou: ed, is there any indication that the white house intent and some timeframe i must certainly will not be soon, because we are approaching the second week since the murder
the president was blunt today at a campaign in virginia. he is keeping americans safe at home and abroad. >> we have to make sure that not only our military, but also our diplomats overseas are protected. >> pedagogue officials claimed u.s. marines were in another part of lidia. then admitted that was not true. state department officials said there were no libyan guards inside the perimeter of the u.s. consulate and had to walk that back. >> you hate to think the president...
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megyn: off to the critical swing state of virginia. new polls show the race tightening their grip president obama leading governor romney by two points. 46% to 44%. that is within the margin of error. here is the policy average of all polls in virginia. the president of about four points. now some politics watchers are suggesting all of this discussion over polling and who is where, is ignoring a much larger story. the rise of the independent voters in this country. this could play into the next week's debate and election just five weeks from now. chris stirewalt is host of power-play on fox news.com. the rise of the independents. what do you mean? >> is something we have seen for 20 years, but accelerating in the last decade. republicans keep saying, don't pay attention to these polls. the democrats outnumber the republicans in these polls. that's not how it's going to be, that misses the larger truth. the number of republicans and democrats are both down. independents are up. independent voters continue to go up. people are not as ti
megyn: off to the critical swing state of virginia. new polls show the race tightening their grip president obama leading governor romney by two points. 46% to 44%. that is within the margin of error. here is the policy average of all polls in virginia. the president of about four points. now some politics watchers are suggesting all of this discussion over polling and who is where, is ignoring a much larger story. the rise of the independent voters in this country. this could play into the...
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citizens students create a greater access to education the bad state of virginia thanks to incredibly lax gun laws in the state last year virginia issued a staggering sixteen hundred thirty two concealed carry permits to non virginia residents alone yes you can get them over the internet that's right the state who allows people who don't want who don't live in it to obtain virginia concealed carry permits and even more shockingly eight states allow people with virginia concealed carry permits to carry a gun without a permit from their home state and texas wanted to allow people with virginia carry permits to use that as id to vote on top of all this companies that offer a legally mandated training for concealed carry permit holders specifically advertise would join you classify in other states because the classes are so lax so not only is virginia have lax gun laws. also army non virginians in promoting increased gun violence across the nation. and the very very ugly monsanto monsanto the g.m.o. food and agribusiness giant will be soon and introducing his genetically modified foods di
citizens students create a greater access to education the bad state of virginia thanks to incredibly lax gun laws in the state last year virginia issued a staggering sixteen hundred thirty two concealed carry permits to non virginia residents alone yes you can get them over the internet that's right the state who allows people who don't want who don't live in it to obtain virginia concealed carry permits and even more shockingly eight states allow people with virginia concealed carry permits...
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both candidates will be campaigning on thursday in virginia. romney will be in springfield, the president will speak at the virginia beach farm bureau. >> ann romney campaigned on the tonight show with jay leno. it's her first late night talk show appearance. she and jay shared a few laughs and then got more serious when asked about her husband possibly becoming the first mormon president. >> i love the fact that we have the first african-american president. that means, to me, that we're leaving prejudices behind. i would hope if midst were elected, we would see more of the same. >> you can see the entire interview coming up tonight after news 4 at 151. >> a series of text messages sent to voters caused distractions. people in the hampton rose area accused tim cain of wanting to impose a radical tax on all americans. cain's office wants the state attorney general to investigate how cell phone numbers were obtained. >> the investigators are still working to find the person responsible for a threat that shut down parts of the airport last night.
both candidates will be campaigning on thursday in virginia. romney will be in springfield, the president will speak at the virginia beach farm bureau. >> ann romney campaigned on the tonight show with jay leno. it's her first late night talk show appearance. she and jay shared a few laughs and then got more serious when asked about her husband possibly becoming the first mormon president. >> i love the fact that we have the first african-american president. that means, to me, that...
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virginia, nevada, colorado, wisconsin, michigan. so north carolina is the one swing state where i think romney has a slight lead right now but it is not beyond the margin of aaron. still highly competitive. if you look at that, what you come back to is money. where is the advantage here for the republicans? the advantage is in terms of not only romney and the republican national committee fund raising, chris, but also in terms of the super pacs. they have a substantial advantage and there will be a deluge of advertising from the republicans through september and october that i don't think the president is going to be able to match. as you know, rahm emanuel the mayor of chicago resigned from the president's campaign and honorary position to help bill burton and the democratic super pac to raise money to try to match it. what will be the impact of all of that republican advertising? can it change some of the favorability numbers that also bounced up for the president at the convention? >> chris: brit, i want to go back to the questio
virginia, nevada, colorado, wisconsin, michigan. so north carolina is the one swing state where i think romney has a slight lead right now but it is not beyond the margin of aaron. still highly competitive. if you look at that, what you come back to is money. where is the advantage here for the republicans? the advantage is in terms of not only romney and the republican national committee fund raising, chris, but also in terms of the super pacs. they have a substantial advantage and there will...
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from this west virginia casino. they want marylanders to keep coming to west virginia... casinos like theirs. spending one hundred seventy million a year. question seven will keep those dollars at home. with a limited expansion of gaming that will mean... hundreds of millions for schools in the baltimore area... and across the state... according to the department of legislative services. and with independent audits required by law... question seven means millions for maryland schools. guaranteed. imagine leaving your wallet aa home and payyng with yourr phonn.or how about paainggjust by sayinggyour name.sound futuristic?aa reporter laurie segall explains ... it's all possible right nnw. now. --reportee pkg-as follows -- "many people re saying one day your smart hhne cculd &pcompletely repllce youu wallet. ell, how lose are we to that actually happening? i deciied to put that question to the tess here in new york city. so today, i'm officially ditching my wallet and using are starting oor day off ith cereal here at d
from this west virginia casino. they want marylanders to keep coming to west virginia... casinos like theirs. spending one hundred seventy million a year. question seven will keep those dollars at home. with a limited expansion of gaming that will mean... hundreds of millions for schools in the baltimore area... and across the state... according to the department of legislative services. and with independent audits required by law... question seven means millions for maryland schools....
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this is from west virginia on our line for democrats. caller: good morning, i am a big fan of amy goodman. i saw a documentary on pbs for what was called free elections that i have not had a chance to really look at it. it is about getting the votes to the people where they have to be obliged to the people. that is one thing. i would like to see cspan to start on that. every time i see wal-mart commercials and they talk about feeding the hungry and talk about how much money they have raised, it makes me so angry when they won't even pay their people a living wage. if we had a living wage, we would not have to have people would not have to have people on
this is from west virginia on our line for democrats. caller: good morning, i am a big fan of amy goodman. i saw a documentary on pbs for what was called free elections that i have not had a chance to really look at it. it is about getting the votes to the people where they have to be obliged to the people. that is one thing. i would like to see cspan to start on that. every time i see wal-mart commercials and they talk about feeding the hungry and talk about how much money they have raised, it...
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now you can lose a state like virginia, one of the three, indiana, north carolina and virginia that he has to win or we thought he had to win to have a shot. you can lose one of those states, because now so many states are in tossup, nevada, michigan, wisconsin, those three states if you win them you can start to lose some of the 3-2-1 states which is something the obama campaign could not have possibly been thinking about this late in the game. >> bret: karl, as we point out, this is over 30 days. you moved texas in to the dark red, because you just said it is. but georgia is the same way, right? tennessee, kentucky? >> we have 35 electoral college votes called lean romney, georgia, tennessee, kentucky. they are called that because the last poll we have is some time ago. but i personally think those 35 electoral college votes are in romney's column. if you do that, think about that for a minute. solid obama states 14 of them represent 184 electoral college votes. if you add kentucky, tennessee, georgia, to the 1 states that romney has. you add those states with bah and 184 to 181 in s
now you can lose a state like virginia, one of the three, indiana, north carolina and virginia that he has to win or we thought he had to win to have a shot. you can lose one of those states, because now so many states are in tossup, nevada, michigan, wisconsin, those three states if you win them you can start to lose some of the 3-2-1 states which is something the obama campaign could not have possibly been thinking about this late in the game. >> bret: karl, as we point out, this is...
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they're not going to do a normandy invasion on us, al qaeda in virginia. >> you're being quite naive, aren't you? >> i'm not being naive, sir. >> i think you are being naive. >> no. >> i think it's clear one of the main reasons america went into afghanistan was to try and get al qaeda dismantled, the organization which committed the 9/11 attack. >> really? >> you don't think so? >> how come al qaeda put the heroin business out? they took all the poppy growers and stopped the production of heroin. wait. now how much of that illegal heroin was propping up the international banks with laundered money. and when it dried up the first recession happened. well, now that we're back in there, we aligned with the poppy growers and the heroin business is back up full swing again. i thought we fight a war on drugs here. >> all right, jesse -- >> seems we're not. >> what would you have done on september 12th, 2001. what would you have done if you'd been president? >> what would i have done? i would have done a legitimate investigation to find out what exactly happened on 9/11. how did they know wh
they're not going to do a normandy invasion on us, al qaeda in virginia. >> you're being quite naive, aren't you? >> i'm not being naive, sir. >> i think you are being naive. >> no. >> i think it's clear one of the main reasons america went into afghanistan was to try and get al qaeda dismantled, the organization which committed the 9/11 attack. >> really? >> you don't think so? >> how come al qaeda put the heroin business out? they took all the...
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a lead over mitt romney in the virginia and ohio. look for more on good morning america. >> there has been a decision on pepco's request for a rate increase. have approve 58% of the increase the utility wanted. the typical residential customer abouthave had to pay month.ore each instead customers will pay $2.60 more. the increase is set to take effect next month. pepco workers are possibly going on strike now. the union has overwhelmingly rejected what the company called offer.al the main sticking point to the plans.and welfare disappointed by the vote. there are making arrangements to continue negotiating with the union. 5:07 is the time. littled update on the 5:07 is the time. litt[ male announcer ] with ultra-ftered water from the first hands-free system, and micro-climate controls powered by twinchill technology, the new ge french door refrigerator puts fresh in a whole new light. come see the new ge french door refrigerator for yourself at bray & scarff. buy now and save up to $500. but hurry this incredible offer ends october 1
a lead over mitt romney in the virginia and ohio. look for more on good morning america. >> there has been a decision on pepco's request for a rate increase. have approve 58% of the increase the utility wanted. the typical residential customer abouthave had to pay month.ore each instead customers will pay $2.60 more. the increase is set to take effect next month. pepco workers are possibly going on strike now. the union has overwhelmingly rejected what the company called offer.al the main...
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the gentleman from west virginia. mr. rahall: i reserve. the chair: the gentleman from ohio has the right to close. mr. rahall: i will give my concluding comments. the chair: the gentleman from west virginia is recognized. mr. rahall: the bottom line is that the coal industry, as all industries, do need regulatory stability. as the only sitting member of this body who was a conferee on the bill which began smack, i well recall our goal back in 1977 when that legislation passed was to create a dovetailing between coal production and environmental protection. my own state of west virginia is a leader in surface mine reclamation. our industry was doing the job. indeed, we almost achieved that goal until recent years when an activist e.p.a. sought to usurp all authorities of other agencies, be it the corps of engineers or the office of surface mining under the department of mining. it should run the permitting process. water quality permits should then follow, not vice versa. again, i urge support for this bill and i point to how we have been a
the gentleman from west virginia. mr. rahall: i reserve. the chair: the gentleman from ohio has the right to close. mr. rahall: i will give my concluding comments. the chair: the gentleman from west virginia is recognized. mr. rahall: the bottom line is that the coal industry, as all industries, do need regulatory stability. as the only sitting member of this body who was a conferee on the bill which began smack, i well recall our goal back in 1977 when that legislation passed was to create a...
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maryland and virginia politics for the was post. he joined the post in 2008 after a decade at the capitol hill newspaper roll call. and we have aaron gilchrist, he attended virginia commonwealth university. let's introduce the candidates and hear their opening statements. in order in which the candidates will speak, i should say the order was determined by a coin toss earlier today. so, first, let's welcome former governor and the former chairman of the democratic national committee, tim kaine. [applause] and next we welcome former golf and former senator -- former governor and former senator george allen. [applause] we will start, as i mentioned because of the doing cross, with governor kaine. kaine: thank you, david, and it's great to be back with the fairfax chamber of commerce. seven years ago we talked about transportation, and right outside this building there wasn't a rail to dulles being built. i was very proud to work on those with you in my time as governor. we talked about education. during my time as governor, we put in
maryland and virginia politics for the was post. he joined the post in 2008 after a decade at the capitol hill newspaper roll call. and we have aaron gilchrist, he attended virginia commonwealth university. let's introduce the candidates and hear their opening statements. in order in which the candidates will speak, i should say the order was determined by a coin toss earlier today. so, first, let's welcome former governor and the former chairman of the democratic national committee, tim kaine....